Telephone-receiver holder



C. F. SIMPSON.

TELEPHONE RECEIVER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. lo. |919.

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Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

CHARLES F. SIMPSON, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

TELEPHONE-RECEIVER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

Application led September 10, 1919. Serial No. 322,856.

VT 0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. SnuPsoN, a citizen of the United States,residmg at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Telephone-Recelver Holders,of which the following 1s a speeli'ication. p

This invention relates to an appliance for telephones, and particularlypertains to a receiver holder.

In answering a telephone it often occurs that both hands are required,and. as o ne hand is necessary to hold the receiver 1nconveniencearises. It is the principal object of the present invention, therefore,to provide a simple attachment for telephone receivers which will permitthe receiver to be held to the ear without the use of either hand andwithout permanent fastening to the party using the telephone.`

The present invention contemplates the use of a U-shaped shoulder memberadapted to be secured to the small end of a tele hone receiver andacting as a support for t e receiver when the U-shaped member is restingupon the shoulder and the end of the receiver is resting against the earof the party listening.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure lis a view in elevation, illustrating thepreferred form of the invention as applied to a telephone receiver, afragmentary portion of which is here shown.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the parts disclosed in Fig. 1 furtherindicating the pivotal action of the rest.

Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation showing a modified form of theinvention as applied to a telephone receiver and indicating the positionof the receiver when in use.

Fig. 4 is a view in plan, showing the modified form of the invention.

Referring more particularly -to the drawings, 10 indicates a telephonereceiver of conventional design and having the usual enlarged end 11,upon which binding posts 12 and 13 are positioned. Mounted around thecylindrical portion of the receiver, adjacent to the end 11, is aclamping ring 14 forming a part of the present invention. This ring, asused in the preferred form of the invention shown in igs. 1 and 2, is

fitted with outturned ears 15 for receiving a set-screw 16 by which thering may be securely fastened around the receiver.

Upon diametrically opposite sides of the ring pivot members 17 and 18are fixed. The member 18 is externally threaded to receive a lock nut19, while the two pivot members are provided to engage frame straps 20and 21. These straps are identical in formation `and extend outwardlyover diametrically opposite sides of the receiver, being pivoted attheirl inner ends to the members 17 and 18. The outer ends of the straps20 and 21 are outturned and conform with an arcuate rest member 22. Thismember may be formed of metal and is preferably provided with a padsurface 23, corrugated or otherwise abraded to prevent slipping when itis resting upon the shoulder of the user.

Reference being had to Figs. 3 and 4, a modified form of the inventionis shown in which a single piece of metal is used to provide an annularfastening member 24 through which the body of the receiver may besecured and which member is continued with a neck portion 25, the lowerends of which separate to form a semi circular shoulder rest 26. In Fig.3it will be noted that the neck is bent so that the telephone receiverwill be held in a proper angular position when the shoulder rest is inplace.

In the operation of the present invention either form of the device maybe applied to a telephone receiver, and as will be recognized will notinterfere with its use nor prevent it from being hung upon the ordinaryreceiver hook.

In the preferred form of the device the receiver may be set at any angledesired by swinging upon its pivot members 17 and 18 and thereafterlocking the ring 14 by the locking nut 19. In the modified form of theinvention this adjustment is permanently made bv the bend in the neck25.

When the receiver is used, the operator rests the enlarged portion 27against the ear and laces the rest upon the shoulder. The weig t of thereceiver will thus be disposed upon the shoulder and due to theinclination of the receiver will remain in position while allowing theoperator the use .of both hands. Thus it will be seen that the structurehere disclosed is quite simple in construction and inexpensive, both asto labor and material, and that the device .may be readily applied totelephone rece1vers now in use for furnishing simple means by which thereceiver may be suplported without depriving the operator of t e use ofboth hands.

While I have shownthe preferred form of my invention as now known to'me, it will be understood that various changes in the construction,arrangement and combination of parts may be made by those skilled in theart Without departing from the spirit of the invention as-claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is l. A telephone receiver holder formed of a singlestrip of resilient metal, a central portion of which provides a loopembracing the shank of a telephone receiver, and the opposite ends ofwhich extend outwardly and in a plane at an angle to the plane of ,theloop for providing a saddle adapted to be positioned over a shoulder ofan operator.

2. A telephone receiver holder formed of a single stri of resilientmetal, a` central portion of w ich provides a loop embracing the shankof a telephone receiver, and the opposite ends of which extend outwardlyand in a plane at an angle to the plane of the loop for providingv asaddle adapted to be positioned over a shoulder of an operator, andclamping means passing through the member at a point adjacent the loopby means of which the holder is rigidly secured to a telephone receiver.

In testlmony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' CHARLES F. SIMPSON.

Witnesses A. E. WEBBER, K. M. BROWN.

